The Art Of Ed Ruscha
“Dead Serious About Being Nonsensical” David Platzker at Artforum: Ruscha’s avant-garde proclivities surfaced in his…
Friday Poem: Radio
I think I forgot to turnoff the radio whenI left my mother’swomb In Hasidic Judaismit…
Working the System: For or Against Democracy
Mary L Trump at The Good in Us: The system which, depending on your perspective,…
‘He Likes Scaring People’: How Modi’s Right-hand Man, Amit Shah, Runs India
Atul Dev in The Guardian: Today, Amit Shah isn’t home minister for Gujarat, but all…
Climate Change is Linked to Worsening Brain Diseases – New Study
Jo Adetunji at The Conversation: Climate change is making the symptoms of certain brain conditions…
NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Finally Phones Home After 5 Months of No Contact
Robert Lea at Space.com: NASA’s interstellar explorer Voyager 1 is finally communicating with ground control…
Could Eating Less Help You Live Longer?
Dana Smith in The New York Times: If you put a lab mouse on a diet,…
Thursday Poem: Dogs Are Shakespearean, Children Are Strangers
Dogs are Shakespearean, children are strangers.Let Freud and Wordsworth discuss the child,Angels and Platonists shall…
Why a Forefather of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fears the Future
“AI systems are going to be like a new species that might be smarter than…
Imagining a Free Palestine
Ahmad Ibsais in Time Magazine: “Where is Ahmad?” The soldier called my name while we were…
A Brief History of Failed Attempts at Human Flight
Joe Fassler at Lit Hub: Years ago, for reasons I still don’t fully understand, I…